When you walk into a restaurant, you expect it to have a kitchen. But all kinds of Dallas “food entrepreneurs” make do without a large, gleaming, commercial space to cook in—from food trucks to bakers, caterers, cake designers, meal prep startups, ghost kitchen founders, and more.

Those kitchen-less cooks will soon have a place to chop, simmer, baste, and broil in when PREP Kitchens Dallas opens for business. Atlanta-based PREP Kitchens—which already operates a facility in Austin known as PREP ATX—plans to open a 60,000-square-foot Dallas location with 53 private professional kitchens, a shared kitchen with 10 stations, and 10 “mobile food service base of operations.”

The “state-of-the-art” facility will be located at 1499 Regal Row, providing “providing a premier space for culinary innovation and business growth.” 

PREP says it is America’s largest provider of “dedicated commercial kitchens and shared co-working kitchen spaces.”

““PREP is a catalyst for economic growth in every city we enter, including in Dallas,” Co-Founder Romildo Marranci said in a statement. “By providing affordable, compliant kitchen spaces and essential business support, we empower local food entrepreneurs in the Dallas area to thrive. This not only creates jobs but also stimulates local economies, boosts the culinary scene, and fosters a vibrant community of innovation and collaboration.”

Aiming to serve ‘a robust community of culinary professionals’

Founded in 2014, PREP Kitchens says its mission is to support “passionate food entrepreneurs” by offering comprehensive mentorship, state-of-the-art facilities, and a robust community of culinary professionals.

For its Dallas facility, the company is targeting both seasoned veterans and people who are totally new to the food industry. All will benefit from a wide array of services “designed to help them thrive,” PREP said—from help with compliance and licensing support to procurement services, marketing and sales assistance, financial planning, and more.

Kitchens by the hour—or on ‘a dedicated basis’

Some foodie pros just need a professional space to work in for hours at a time. That works fine for PREP, which offers individual kitchens for rent “by the hour.” 

Others may want to use PREP’s Dallas facility on an ongoing, dedicated basis, and rental plans are available for them as well.

The facility will also offer comprehensive mentorship programs, compliance and licensing support, and “strategic location advantages,” PREP said, with amenities including on-site storage solutions, modern kitchen equipment, and flexible membership plans.

The goal: helping food businesses who are “looking to scale and succeed in a competitive market.” PREP added that it’s committed to “reducing barriers to entry” for food entrepreneurs and providing the resources necessary to bring their products and services to market.

Aside from the planned Dallas facility, PREP Kitchens currently operates four locations in Atlanta; one in Tucker, Georgia; and the Austin location. Other facilities are “coming soon” in Houston, Tampa, Greenville, Phoenix, and San Antonio, the company said.

More information is available on the PREP Kitchens website.

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